The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1920
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
12:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -31
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.96° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.24° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.